Dying for sex: endangered male quolls may be mating themselves to death instead of sleeping, scientists say

Dying for sex: endangered male quolls may be mating themselves to death instead of sleeping, scientists say

Male northern quolls seem to sacrifice sleep in favour of having sex, behaviour that might be responsible for their early deaths, suggests new research into the endangered marsupials. Australian scientists have investigated why male northern quolls usually mate themselves to death after one season, while females of the species reproduce once but live up to […]

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POLL: Should Australia’s feral cats be culled?

POLL: Should Australia’s feral cats be culled?

Feral cats now inhabit virtually the entire Australian landscape, and have been implicated in multiple recent mammal extinctions by conservationists. Illuminating the urgency of controlling cat populations across the continent, a new study in Biological Conservation finds that cats occupy over 99.8% of Australia. The study was conducted by over forty scientists—led by wildlife ecologists […]

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QUOLLS – Fast & Furious

QUOLLS – Fast & Furious

The Spotted-tailed quoll, the largest surviving carnivorous marsupial mammal currently living in mainland Australia. Endangered with few as 500 individuals possibly known to be only in existence, we investigate their secretive and short life span of three years in their remote and extremely isolated populations amongst the cloud forests of the North Queensland Wet Tropics. […]

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